To the total surprise of no one, 'Avengers Endgame' shattered yet another box office record (it already made over $100M in China on Wednesday, and $169M overall in international markets on Wed.), this time in North America.

Ignoring the budget/marketing (which I expect totaled half a billion easily), 'Avengers Endgame' started off its US/Canada box office with $60M on Thursday night in 4,600 (the biggest wide release ever), and is anticipated to make around $280M-$300M alone domestically this weekend, shattering the previous weekend record held by its predecessor, 'Infinity War' ($257.4M domestic; $640.5M overall domestic).

The previous Thursday record was held by 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' ($57M). Spoilers under cuts, etc.

Same I legit had to tell myself [spoilas] Chris Evens wants to do other things and we don't own him! Nat is coming back soon so I'm not as pissed about that but I'm still pissed. Plus you know she's got some Soviet clones running around. And Tony, fuck that hurt but it was the completion of his arc. He was never going to stop, but at least he got to have some happiness.

[Spoiler (click to open)]i do like that maybe the time travel stuff could be its own standalone cap film if they ever feel like it. and i completely agree with the rest of your thoughts re: nat and tony

[Spoiler (click to open)]My first instinct was to not like Natasha's ending but then I thought about it and I kind of love it. She's been trying to redeem herself since the first Avengers movie, she clearly did some terrible things in the past that she is ashamed of, and she's been constantly trying to make up for it. That was the ultimate act of self-sacrifice, the red in her ledger is finally wiped out, and she got to save her best friend and her best friend's family in the process.

Honestly, the entire Vormir scene fucked me up. I loooove Clint and Natasha's friendship and we finally got to see up on the screen instead of hidden in one-liners. The two of them fighting over who is going to die? I loved it, absolutely loved it, and it felt like a good ending for her.

[Spoiler (click to open)]Which I sooo get don’t get me wrong but the solution isn’t “don’t kill female characters” but more that we need to get to a point where killing off one doesn’t mean killing off 50% of the named female characters, you know?